The Testimony of Natural Theology to ChristianityM. Thomas, 1818 - 271 pages |
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Page 131
... habits are incorpo- rated , by the gracious Creator ; who determined that man should be benefited by the aid of ani- mal strength and docility , and formed certain . species of animals for the purpose of supplying man with that aid ...
... habits are incorpo- rated , by the gracious Creator ; who determined that man should be benefited by the aid of ani- mal strength and docility , and formed certain . species of animals for the purpose of supplying man with that aid ...
Page 146
... habit ; and in proportion to its growth and strength diffuses augmented misery through a constantly enlarg- ing sphere of influence . The potency of de- praved habits matured through successive cen- turies , and the extreme remoteness ...
... habit ; and in proportion to its growth and strength diffuses augmented misery through a constantly enlarg- ing sphere of influence . The potency of de- praved habits matured through successive cen- turies , and the extreme remoteness ...
Page 147
... habits . With his father's disposition to mischief , he has not his father's practical skill in devising and accomplish- ing evil . His father's instruments may not be at his command ; or , if willing to be employed by him , they may ...
... habits . With his father's disposition to mischief , he has not his father's practical skill in devising and accomplish- ing evil . His father's instruments may not be at his command ; or , if willing to be employed by him , they may ...
Page 165
... objects , as a stimulus to excite and to ensure habits of labour . In this case , both appointments would be ema- nations 165 CHAP IX Page 135 148 On facts in common life, which are evidently penal, yet accompanied with indications of ...
... objects , as a stimulus to excite and to ensure habits of labour . In this case , both appointments would be ema- nations 165 CHAP IX Page 135 148 On facts in common life, which are evidently penal, yet accompanied with indications of ...
Page 168
... habit , in proportion as it generates apathy , may render supportable . But is it the grateful exertion , is it the gentle stimulus , which would be assigned to holy beings , on whom the countenance of their heavenly Father was beam ...
... habit , in proportion as it generates apathy , may render supportable . But is it the grateful exertion , is it the gentle stimulus , which would be assigned to holy beings , on whom the countenance of their heavenly Father was beam ...
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Page 238 - I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. 7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so ; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
Page 120 - If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men ; then the Lord hath not sent me. But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit ; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.
Page 239 - For of a truth, against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together, for to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
Page 252 - For scarcely for a righteous man will one die ; yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Page 154 - And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat :
Page 65 - All the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Page 139 - And the Lord God having formed out of the ground all the beasts of the earth, and all the fowls of the air, brought them to Adam to see what he would call them: for whatsoever Adam called any living creature the same is its name.
Page 154 - ... and God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat...